Tease out the future: How tea research might enable crop breeding for acid soil tolerance

Ding, ZJ; Shi, YZ; Li, GX; Harberd, NP; Zheng, SJ

Zheng, SJ (corresponding author), Zhejiang Univ, Coll Life Sci, State Key Lab Plant Physiol & Biochem, Hangzhou 310058, Peoples R China.

PLANT COMMUNICATIONS, 2021; 2 (3):

Abstract

Unlike most crops, in which soil acidity severely limits productivity, tea (Camellia sinensis) actually prefers acid soils (pH 4.0-5.5). Specifically,......

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